A man and a woman are dead after two separate single-vehicles accidents in Lubbock on Wednesday, March 26.

At about 10:20 a.m., police responded to a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu that struck a fence on the north side of the 98th Street and Knoxville Avenue intersection in South Lubbock, according to Sgt. Robert Hook with the Lubbock Police Department accident investigations unit.

The front side passenger, 28-year-old Eduviges Armando Payan, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 32-year-old Joseph Sneed, and backseat passenger, 24-year-old Joey Gonzales, were taken by ambulance to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Hook said the vehicle was traveling east on 98th Street when it veered into oncoming traffic and struck a fence.

Police were investigating the scene but witnesses told officers there were no external events leading to the crash, Hook said.

“Maybe a possible medical issue with the driver led to the accident,” he said.

Sneed was the only passenger in the car wearing a seat belt, according to an LPD accident summary.

At about 3 p.m., Vickie Jo Lozano, 47, of Plainview was killed when she was ejected from her SUV while traveling north on Interstate 27. The cause of the wreck was still under investigation, DPS spokesman Sgt. Bryan Witt said. Northbound I-27 was shut down for several hours for the investigation.

However, investigators believe Lozano was driving south on I-27 when she lost control of her SUV, Witt said.

Witt said the SUV crossed into the northbound lanes, flipped and came to rest in the east bar ditch.

Lozano was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.